Rebirth Palace Chaos

Chapter 68

"Master Shangguan, the emperor is discussing matters, so don't go in rashly..." Wang Zhongming waited outside the Kunyuan Hall. In front of him was a woman in a pear-yellow palace dress with a flowery face, red lips like jade, a pretty skirt wrapped around her chest, and a silk sash around her waist. Hanging down, but fifteen or sixteen years old, like a tender spring peach, water can be pinched.

She frowned, raised her skirt and was about to go in, "Your Majesty promised to accompany me to watch the lotus in the Eyebrow Hall yesterday, but the hour has been delayed for a long time. Since His Majesty has something to do, I will go in and wait."

Wang Zhongming still said politely, "The old slave has always known that the emperor dislikes concubines interfering in politics the most, so the young master should not break the taboo."

After finishing speaking, he looked at her with deep meaning. This Lan Xiaoyi Shangguan Yu is the youngest daughter of Jing Zhaoyin Shangguandao, and she is the youngest girl who was newly elected to the palace this year along with Zhen Rou, daughter of school secretary Zhen Tongfang. host.

The emperor is selected once every three years, but this year's selection has had twists and turns. On this matter, the emperor and the queen mother had a disagreement.

Adhering to the principle that the royal heirs are weak and need to spread their branches and leaves, and last for generations, the Queen Mother entered all the daughters of official families who meet the requirements of age and status into the selection list.

But the emperor said that there were a lot of beauties in the harem, and he was deeply in his heart, so there was no need to choose again, so it would take half a year.

In the end, the palace selection was held as usual, and the women in the capital each showed their talents and competed for beauty. They all looked at the green willow branches as soon as they entered the palace gate, looking for birds and turning into phoenixes.

But the result was beyond everyone's expectation. None of the three beauties in Kyoto were selected. Only the middle-aged Zhen Rou was favored by Shangguan Yude and entered the palace for canonization.

The status also made sense. Shangguan Yu, who was from a slightly higher family background, was granted the title of Lan Xiaoyi of the fourth rank, while Zhen Rou was promoted to the fifth rank of Zhencai.

"I'm afraid that Wang Gonggong deceived me that I was a new young master, so I don't take it seriously. Rui Zhaoyi has entered and exited the Kunyuan Palace many times. The last time it was a meeting of the officials, but the emperor summoned her anyway?" Shangguan Yu insisted on entering the palace.

Cui Shangyi came from the inner hall in a dignified posture, and made a brief salute, "Rui Zhaoyi has the emperor's handwriting, not only can enter the Kunyuan Palace, but also can enter and leave the Luanlingyun Palace at will. You just said it, young master, the old and the new are the biggest. It's different. For so many years, there has been only one Rui Zhaoyi, how can everyone imitate it? If everyone can do this, what's the use of palace rules and etiquette?"

"You..." Shangguan Yu slammed the door, her face turned red and white for a while, and she said angrily, "Aunt Cui is a close friend of His Majesty after all, and she speaks with confidence, so I will wait here, okay? Count it as overstepping!"

"So, my lord, please do your own thing." Cui Shangyi passed by calmly, turned around, and then bowed, "I have seen Ning Duwei."

"After the political discussion is over, His Majesty calls you in."

The slightly loose sapphire blue court dress, worn on him, can actually have such a state of being in the wind.

Shangguan Yu recognized that he was Ning Wenyuan, the current commander-in-chief of the Royal Forest Army, and there were indeed many charming rumors about him. He was born in a royal dark guard, and at the age of 22, he was in command of the Fengshi Division, and he could command the Habayashi Army.Become famous at a young age, accompany you with a golden bridle, pass among thousands of flowers, not a single leaf touches your body.

Even Princess Jingwan, who is known as the number one beauty in the royal family, falls in love with him, but Luohua is intentional, but Liushui is ruthless.

He is really the lover in the hearts of most women in the capital city, but with fame and fortune, the world of mortals is rolling, but he is still alone up to now, and I don't know how many girls' dreams in spring have been shattered.

"I knew His Majesty would summon me." Shangguan Yu was full of complacency. After all, the emperor still had a place in his heart.

But seeing Ning Wenyuan waving his sleeves and cupping his hands, "Your Majesty is passing Cui Shangyi into the palace."

A faint gleam reflected from the silk thread on his side skirt, he took a few steps down the steps and walked away desolately.

That Shangguan Yu felt extremely humiliated, and stood still for a long while, unable to speak. After all, he was young, and finally covered his sleeves and left.

Cui Shangyi sighed directly, "Today's little masters are really becoming more and more arrogant."

Shangguan Yu didn't go to the Chengmei Hall to appreciate the lotus, instead she felt a sense of uselessness, endured the anger, and felt that nothing she saw was pleasing to the eye.

The servant girl Zhen'er persuaded her for a while, but Shangguan Yu didn't want to go back to her Ziyun Palace, so she walked along the Bauhinia Palace Road. It is painted with the best red and black lacquer in the city, and it is half a foot higher than ordinary courtyard walls.

Not like Zhonggong, but better than Zhonggong.

"My maidservant heard that this Yilan Palace was newly built on the site of the former Empress's Yanhua Palace. Xiao Guizi said that the specifications are much more spectacular than before."

Shangguan Yu said disdainfully, "When the empress was alive, the emperor favored him unmatchedly. Later, it was not a cup of poison that gave him the death penalty. Even if Rui Zhaoyi is more favored now, there is no guarantee that the high platform will not collapse, so in From my point of view, this place is not a rich and gentle place, but an extremely unlucky place."

Zhen'er hastily echoed in a low voice, "Others will only envy Rui Zhaoyi's doting, but they can't see the essence. I think the emperor is on guard against her, otherwise there will be no child in four years..."

Shangguan Yu caressed the jade glass hairpin, swayed and walked into the depths, "Otherwise, what can I do, at most, I'm raising someone else's son, looking at the ocean and sighing."

Yilan Palace occupies an area the size of four ordinary palaces, and behind it, separated by a lake, is the Forbidden Palace Yongfu Palace.

On the way, it happened that Zhou Liang was on the same road, and the two went to Meidian together.

The Palace of Yongfu has been abandoned for three years, and the rubble is in ruins. Shangguan Yu asked casually, "This is an excellent location. It's a pity to turn it into a forbidden palace."

Zhou Liangren glanced at the gate of the palace, with a complicated expression, she said, "Master Lan entered the palace not long ago, maybe I don't know, three concubines have died here in vain. One is the former imperial concubine Zhen, and later Yao Jieyu entered the palace, who knows In just one year, she gave birth to a stillborn baby, and in a disheartened mood, she shaved off her hair and became a monk in Wutai Temple outside the capital..."

"Then Yao is the daughter of the general family, and she has a strong temper. What about the other two?" Shangguan Yu's curiosity was aroused. She is even more boring, never caring about world affairs, so the two of them entered the palace together, but the relationship between them is superficially tight.

Zhou Liangren saw that there was no one around, so he pretended to be an old man in the palace, and said mysteriously, "At that time, there was another young master in the Yongfu Palace, who was an unfavored picker, and by chance, on that day, she was poisoned Harming Rui Zhaoyi and Han Chongyuan, who knows that the frame-up attempt failed, and the case of the Ruan family was involved, and he was punished for several crimes. Rui Zhaoyi is delicate and expensive, and Han Chongyuan is pregnant with Princess Anle. Which one is not the heart of His Majesty? son?"

"Then, what about those two?"

Zhou Liangren smiled but said, "That night, Bi Cai's tongue was cut off and she was thrown into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. More than ten days later, she was executed by Ling Chi, and Ruan's family was hanged in front of Yongfu Hall, and died in a miserable state. Since then, there have been frequent palace maids saying, I heard a woman crying at night in Yongfu Hall..."

Shangguan Yu's whole body was trembling, and she felt that even though it was early autumn, a layer of fine grains appeared all over her body.

"So that's the case... Then we have to go inside and have a look!" She smiled strangely, and was about to go to the back door of Yongfu Hall, but Zhou Liangren refused, so she dragged her there.

The two pushed and shoved, Shangguan Yu became stubborn and slipped along the wall.

Zhou Liangren waved his hands vigorously at her, suddenly blurred in front of his eyes, and several people took a closer look, it was a little black cat with black hair all over its body, its amber pupils suddenly shrank, and it landed gracefully and vigorously on the stone railing in the courtyard.

"It's a beautiful cat, come here and teach me to hug it." Shangguan Yu leaned forward, approached step by step, and suddenly pounced, the black cat leaped nimbly and wiped her.

Shangguan Yu rolled up his sleeves, insisting on catching it. Zhen'er and Zhou Liangren stared intently at the man and cat in the courtyard, forgetting to dissuade them for a moment.

The black cat stood upright on all fours, standing upright under the cypress tree, with an arrogant posture.

Taking advantage of her unpreparedness, Shangguan Yu clenched her hands, who knew that the cat was more agile, slipped out of her arms, flew into the air, lost her balance, and fell on her back under the tree.

The cat was startled, meowed, and shuttled back and forth among the branches.

It didn't matter if this trouble happened, the cypress tree had been in disrepair for a long time, and it couldn't stand it. There was only a crackling sound, and the half-person-high dead branches broke apart abruptly and fell towards the outside of the wall.

Shangguan Yu was full of resentment, rubbing his waist, but he heard voices outside the wall, chattering continuously.

"Who trespassed in the Forbidden Palace?" Someone outside the wall asked.

Only then did Shangguan Yu realize that this trip was already a violation of the law, so she had to be alarmed. Zhen'er bit the bullet and helped her out, and then she saw a hundred flowers lying on her shoulders leisurely about a dozen feet away.

At the place where the bead curtains sounded, a charming figure sat slantingly in it, with a face that was lightly applied with make-up, and the stream of light shone, it really looked like a country, comforting the beautiful child next to her lovingly.

"Concubine... I have seen Lady Zhaoyi." No matter how arrogant Shangguan Yu was, she did not dare to make a mistake at this time.

"Who hurt Jing'er?" She didn't raise her head, she brushed her forehead with her delicate hands.

"The concubine was chasing a black cat, but it was an unintentional mistake. I hope your empress will understand."

"Trespassing into the Forbidden Palace without permission and hurting His Royal Highness, both crimes, what should I do?" The woman on the shoulder finally turned around slowly, her eyes were as bright as water, her makeup was just completed, her softness was glamorous, and she couldn't move her away. look.

Sang Yu replied, "At least thirty boards, and a three-month salary."

"I still remember that when I accidentally broke into the Yanhua Palace, the Concubine Yi was merciless at that time and killed half of my life." She smiled sweetly, but her words were shocking.

"The concubine didn't mean it, and the cat hurt His Highness, it has nothing to do with the concubine!" Shangguan Yu argued.

"Beasts hurt people, but you put the responsibility on it. It's not even worse than beasts. If you admit it, then I have no choice but to catch it and punish it."

Shangguan Yu heard her insinuating that she was not as good as animals, her blood surged immediately, and she let out her long-standing resentment, she stood up abruptly, "Your Majesty, don't deceive others too much, you have no children under your knees, so naturally you love Your Highness very much, but It's fair and easy for people's hearts, I'm afraid you're using Your Highness as an excuse to build up your prestige in the harem!"

"I don't know how to repent, so I slap my mouth." She was still smiling, and Lan Ruo stepped forward slowly. Surprised, Shangguan Yu had already received a solid slap.

Covering her cheek in disbelief, she exclaimed, "You slave...."

With a slap, another palm fell, and Shangguan Yu's cheeks were flushed with tears.

"Mother and Concubine, Father is still waiting for us in the study, why bother with this person." Jing Wen wrinkled his small face and held Su Yan's hand.

Bai Hua shouldered the driver, Su Yan put down the bead curtain, "I want to build a reputation, it's not your turn. Go to Concubine Shu to receive the punishment, and make trouble in front of the emperor, it's not a good thing, Lan Xiaoyi should understand. "

"Miss, is there something wrong with Your Majesty?" Lan Ruo followed suit, but Su Yan restrained her expression and said quietly, "Then Shangguan Yu doesn't know how deep she is, she has tried to win favor and flatter her many times, she has spoken rudely behind her back many times, and she has always been disrespectful to Jing Wen. It’s time to teach a little lesson today.”

Sang Yu replied, "Hanchongyuan ordered Yuxi to report that she has brought Princess Anle and is waiting in the palace to go with the empress."

"Mo taught Sister Lin to wait for a long time." She turned her head and talked to Jing Wen a few times before heading west.

In the depths of the cloud palace, the red curtain swayed.

The fragrance of gardenias hits people, and in the misty hot spring water, the exquisite jade white carcass slowly emerges from the bath.

The servant girl held the bath towel from both sides, she swung her willow waist lightly, and put on an ice silk silk brocade snow robe, a beautiful face was reflected in the mirror.

Who would have thought that Rui Zhaoyi, who was famous all over the capital and loved the harem, was only a 19-year-old girl.

After four years of wasting time, there is a more settled elegance on the still young face.

The bead curtain moves, the emerald jade sings, and the beauty comes out of the bath, fragrant and glamorous.

Duan Zhaoling put down the scroll in his hand, his eyes were full of pampering, he got up and took Su Yan into his arms, "The ice fruit that was sent from Huainan overnight has been prepared in the imperial dining room."

Su Yan shook her head and said, "I don't want to eat any frozen fruit right now, so Duan Lang can teach me how to make some peach blossom cakes."

Duan Zhaoling kissed her on the forehead, "It's still such a little girl's heart, and it's getting worse."

Su Yan withdrew her body and said angrily, "If Duan Lang dislikes Yan'er's old age, why don't you listen to the Queen Mother and choose a dozen young and beautiful women to enter the palace to relieve your worries."

Duan Zhaoling grabbed her by the waist and held her in his arms, "Thousands of young and beautiful women are not as good as my Yan'er, I just love your temper, what should I do?"

"Does Duan Lang still remember Yan'er's birthday?" Su Yan was hugged by him on his lap, and Duan Zhaoling smiled, "I have already arranged it. Your birthday is on the same day as the Double Ninth Festival, so it is a grand occasion." match."

(End of this chapter)